सब समाज एहि भाँति बनाई । जनक अवधपुर दीन्ह पठाई ॥
चलिहि बरात सुनत सब रानीं । विकलमीन-गन जनु लघु पानीं ॥
saba samāja ehi bhām̐ti banāī | janaka avadhapura dīnha paṭhāī ||
calihi barāta sunata saba rānīṃ | vikalamīna-gana janu laghu pānīṃ ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 334: The mothers' counsel to the departing brides
5 verses · 334 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The mothers' counsel to the departing brides
When the queens hear that the wedding party is leaving, they are as restless as fish in shrinking water. They take Sita into their laps again and again, blessing and teaching her: be ever dear to your husband, and may your married life be long; serve your mother-in-law, father-in-law and guru, and follow your husband's wishes, reading them from his face. The wise friends, overflowing with love, gently teach the duties of a wife. The queens counsel all four princesses, hold them to their hearts and embrace them over and over, asking why the Creator made women at all, to be parted so. Just then Rama, banner of the Sun dynasty, sets out with his brothers for Janaka's palace to take leave.
पुनि पुनि सीय गोद करि लेहीं । देह असीस सिखावन देहीं ॥
होएहु सन्तत पियहि पियारी । चिर अहिवात असीस हमारी ॥
puni puni sīya goda kari lehīṃ | deha asīsa sikhāvana dehīṃ ||
hoehu santata piyahi piyārī | cira ahivāta asīsa hamārī ||
सासु ससुर गुरु सेवा करेहू । पति रुख लखि आयसु अनुसरेहू ॥
अति सनेह बस सखीं सयानी । नारि-धरम सिखवहिं मृदु-बानी ॥
sāsu sasura guru sevā karehū | pati rukha lakhi āyasu anusarehū ||
ati saneha basa sakhīṃ sayānī | nāri-dharama sikhavahiṃ mṛdu-bānī ||
सादर सकल कुँअरि समुझाई । रानिन्ह बार बार उर लाई ॥
बहुरि बहुरि भेटहिं महतारीं । कहहिँ बिरञ्चि रचीं कत नारीं ॥
sādara sakala kum̐ari samujhāī | rāninha bāra bāra ura lāī ||
bahuri bahuri bheṭahiṃ mahatārīṃ | kahahim̐ birañci racīṃ kata nārīṃ ||
तेहि अवसर भाइन्ह सहित, राम-भानु कुल-केतु ।
चले जनक-मन्दिर मुदित, बिदा करावन हेतु ॥
tehi avasara bhāinha sahita, rāma-bhānu kula-ketu |
cale janaka-mandira mudita, bidā karāvana hetu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0